Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area

235 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 0100001.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	4,500
Cashiers	1,860
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,750
Retail Salespersons	1,690
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,520
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,440
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,330
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,230
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,160
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,020
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	960
Cooks, Fast Food	950
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	930
Nursing Assistants	910
Bus Drivers, School	870
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	830
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	790
General and Operations Managers	750
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	680

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	18.54	340
Logging Equipment Operators	16.80	150
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	14.68	260
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	13.28	450
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	10.12	420
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	9.69	140
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	8.51	630
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	7.36	4,500
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	7.12	190
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	6.84	160
Sewing Machine Operators	6.17	280
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.73	400
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.38	350
Bus Drivers, School	4.95	870
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	4.36	830
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	4.36	790
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.14	120
Highway Maintenance Workers	4.06	270
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3.96	1,160
Helpers--Production Workers	3.70	270

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$341,060
Nurse Anesthetists	$169,250
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$151,460
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$134,010
Pharmacists	$130,910
Sales Managers	$129,770
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,390
Nurse Practitioners	$104,910
General and Operations Managers	$103,990
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,890
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$102,780
Management Analysts	$102,050
Lawyers	$99,250
Education Administrators, All Other	$97,180
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	$97,070
Human Resources Managers	$96,590
Physical Therapists	$95,940
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$95,640
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$95,210

All 235 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	480	$71,420	0.77
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	60	$23,400	0.32
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$28,500	0.63
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	50	$51,090	1.06
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$134,010	0.55
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	100	$46,470	1.60
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	330	$42,980	1.09
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	80	$27,740	1.76
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$35,380	0.35
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$26,910	0.40
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$36,580	0.46
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	610	$43,140	1.02
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	870	$17,810	4.95
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	220	$48,540	1.73
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	30	$97,070	0.07
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	100	$34,620	1.65
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	210	$62,180	0.99
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	450	$41,080	13.28
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2023`	40	$57,380	5.27
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	120	$59,980	2.36
Carpenters `47-2031`	310	$47,580	1.07
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,860	$26,390	1.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$46,420	0.74
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$151,460	0.41
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	110	$51,490	0.65
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	180	$22,500	0.78
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	60	$50,240	1.92
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$91,380	0.49
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	80	$60,000	0.53
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	190	$30,880	1.17
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	150	$49,820	1.06
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	Not available	0.85
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	400	$45,350	5.73
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$63,130	0.42
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	190	$47,630	2.60
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$88,990	0.26
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$48,540	0.35
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$123,390	0.20
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	440	$34,770	0.92
Construction Managers `11-9021`	150	$91,430	0.88
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$51,490	0.53
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	950	$24,050	3.40
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	400	$23,570	2.07
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	350	$30,820	0.57
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	200	$38,330	1.24
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$67,200	0.86
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$34,900	0.72
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$36,810	1.06
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	630	$38,180	0.56
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	60	$40,580	3.01
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	630	$40,710	8.51
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$37,330	0.60
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$57,440	0.81
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$49,050	0.65
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$50,240	0.74
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$37,270	0.76
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	70	$48,000	1.88
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$97,180
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$95,640	0.79
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	50	$103,890	0.64
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	180	$60,590	1.18
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	80	$95,210	1.40
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	130	$37,140	1.24
Electricians `47-2111`	480	$45,160	1.46
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	660	$60,620	1.09
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$51,490	0.99
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$31,270	1.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$59,780	0.28
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$27,220	0.28
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	90	$38,590	3.49
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$46,650	2.90
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	140	$31,260	9.69
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,230	$22,570	0.73
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$126,780	0.40
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$88,170	0.32
Firefighters `33-2011`	130	$37,230	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	360	$61,040	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	70	$41,720	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	50	$60,780	4.23
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$46,890	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	580	$34,080	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$40,320	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	450	$63,570	1.68
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$66,230	0.45
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	590	$59,060	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$32,070	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	80	$61,330	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	1,160	$62,400	3.96
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	960	$37,440	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	370	$61,550	1.37
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles `47-2042`	30	$46,050	3.11
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	510	$25,470	1.31
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$28,200	0.86
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	120	$57,740	1.12
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	30	$28,580	2.32
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders `51-9051`	40	$49,220	6.32
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	750	$103,990	0.49
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$53,150	0.57
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	120	$49,910	4.14
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$27,550	0.37
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$58,910	0.79
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	240	$45,820	1.33
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,750	$56,840	1.95
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	30	$34,240	1.18
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$35,360	0.98
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	270	$36,450	3.70
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	270	$36,500	4.06
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	680	$27,700	0.36
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$23,830	0.59
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	110	$26,970	0.99
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$96,590	0.42
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	250	$59,380	0.62
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$63,690	1.84
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	190	$81,110	1.19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	830	$55,060	4.36
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	220	$102,780	2.08
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	1,020	$47,360	3.02
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	650	$43,330	2.51
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$56,870	0.61
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	150	Not available	0.74
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	Not available	$29,930
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	660	$30,060	0.69
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,230	$36,870	0.96
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	170	$34,770	0.41
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	30	$27,170	0.40
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$99,250	0.21
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	Not available	0.66
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	90	$64,550	1.55
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	430	$51,580	1.52
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	30	$22,880	0.47
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$35,320	0.81
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	170	$40,190	2.32
Loan Officers `13-2072`	200	$74,670	1.67
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	150	$47,160	16.80
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	30	$81,700	0.30
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	340	Not available	18.54
Machinists `51-4041`	390	$48,320	3.09
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	220	$26,410	0.59
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	560	$44,230	0.85
Management Analysts `13-1111`	40	$102,050	0.10
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$52,390	0.35
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	100	$85,460	0.79
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	330	$34,210	0.92
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	110	$49,970	1.28
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	490	$36,050	1.17
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$84,610	0.99
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$33,400	0.80
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$61,220	1.05
Millwrights `49-9044`	50	$49,900	2.88
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	4,500	$42,260	7.36
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	130	$42,760	3.04
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$59,820	1.34
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) `51-9195`	40	$36,780	2.99
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	350	$36,870	5.38
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$72,130	0.59
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	30	$169,250	1.49
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	160	$104,910	1.14
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	910	$34,000	1.44
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	50	$60,910	1.48
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$66,200	1.10
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	30	$49,550	2.63
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	380	$28,550	0.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	380	$45,040	1.85
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	30	$36,600	1.00
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$36,070	1.02
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	240	$34,860	1.45
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	300	$35,890	1.24
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$40,540	0.60
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	420	$36,670	10.12
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$42,590	0.49
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$44,490	0.82
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	220	$29,820	1.86
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$42,490	0.45
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	60	$36,830	1.37
Pharmacists `29-1051`	210	$130,910	1.49
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	310	$37,180	1.51
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$35,210	1.06
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	90	$60,860	1.92
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$95,940	0.66
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$341,060	0.52
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	270	$49,680	1.34
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	450	$44,080	1.53
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	70	$62,130	2.03
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	260	$57,250	1.81
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	160	$26,100	0.77
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	100	$50,170	0.56
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$50,330	1.33
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$56,210	0.41
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	90	$34,310	1.35
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	90	$35,350	2.13
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	60	$94,990	1.57
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$58,830	1.11
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$30,420	0.51
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	320	$25,360	2.21
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	190	$37,540	2.98
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,330	$64,540	0.90
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	100	$26,100	2.62
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	90	$57,300	1.54
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,690	$29,000	1.00
Roofers `47-2181`	210	$47,370	3.65
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$129,770	0.41
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	170	$49,830	0.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	560	$67,050	1.04
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	260	$35,360	14.68
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	930	$61,420	2.02
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,440	$39,430	1.95
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	140	$46,410	0.64
Security Guards `33-9032`	130	$28,130	0.24
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	280	$32,700	6.17
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	300	$43,420	0.83
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$63,790	0.70
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$34,440	0.48
Software Developers `15-1252`	100	$90,660	0.13
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$59,360	0.53
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$66,320	0.79
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,520	$31,420	1.24
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	40	$41,620	1.32
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	160	$40,480	6.84
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$44,460	0.55
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	60	$40,620	1.15
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	30	$33,640	2.04
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	30	$45,550	1.37
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	90	$61,010	1.85
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	400	$22,790	0.65
Tellers `43-3071`	310	$35,060	2.20
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	90	$33,180	1.89
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$52,130	0.19
Tree Trimmers and Pruners `37-3013`	30	$37,610	1.40
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$36,400	0.82
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	590	$25,720	0.60
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	120	$47,700	2.20
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	30	$50,060	1.41
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	790	$46,750	4.36
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-4122`	30	Not available	2.40
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	190	$37,090	7.12